Oil saver



C. WILSON OIL SAVER Filed Sept. 10, 1921 @wfiw W ikwm IIVVENTOR;

ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 13,1923

CLAUDE WILSON, or OIL HILL,

OIDSAVEB. I I Application filed September 10, 15921. SeriaLNo. 499,804.

To all whom, itmag) concern Be it known that I, GLAUDE W LsoN, citizen of the United States, residingat Oil Hill, in the county of Butler and State'of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil Savers, of which tions of the pipe is "permitted to flow on the ground and is thus lost. 'llhe primary object, therefore, of the invention is'to salvage what has heretofore been a waste by pro-* viding an attachment whereby the oil may be drained from the said sections of the pipe and utilized. The invention therefore contemplates the construction of a novel and improved device capable of attachment and detachment wherever desired with the incident saving of a considerable quantity of oil which would otherwise be lost.

One of the objects of the invention, therefore, is the provision of a hingedly connected, sectional container adapted, to 'mcurely embrace an oil pipe and a pipe coupling, 1ncluding a rubber lining therefor forming a non leakable cas in or container, whereby the oil may be drained therefrom when one of the pipes is disconnected. Another and very important object of the invention is the provision of an attachment adapted to be installed on oil feed lines, particularly those leading from casings-in oil wells, and one in which the parts are extremely simple in construction, easily assembled, rigid and durable, highly ,eiiicient in operation, practical and capable of being manufactured at a very low costwhereby its commercial possibilities are greatly enhanced. 1

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing in the drawing, but may be changed and modi- 8 in a manner wel sections of the ca'sijn having the tendenc o keeping the sections 100 fied s o lohg" as such changes and modificatlons ma'l'k no material departure from the in the appended claim. r I

I attain these objects/and others in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing the invention as. applied to -two sections of the pipe and a coupling; Figure 2'is a view taken on the line 2 '2 of Figure 1;

, salient features of the invention as expressed Figure 3 is a view taken on the line y of Figure 1 Figure 4 is a detail view showing the casing when open; and,

igure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5. of Figure 1.

Referring-now to the drawings wherein like reference characters designatercorre sponding parts'throughout the several views, 5 designates thecasing in an oil well and 7 the lower pipe section connected to the top section 6 of'a feed pipe through a coupling designated in its entirety by numeral 9 consists of two semi-cylindrical sections 1 0, 11 hingedly connected as at 12 and adapted to tightly embrace one section of the. pipe 7 of the-casing 10, 11, is provlded' with handles 13,14, at its top and bottomends and ferrules 15, 16 securely held b chains 17 to prevent understood. A casing 30 and the coupling 8 in the manner shown by the same from being 0st which are adapted to he slipped over the ends of the said hau dles and securely retain the same in locked position. Within the interior portion of the casing, I-have provided a resilient linin 19 preferably of thick rubber, securely e5 1 he (1 and fastened to the casing by screws 20 or other fastening elements, the said lining being only open at its front when the are separated andoil out more freely through the drain pipe 23 to which a hose shown in dotted lines and designated in numeral 2e may be connected whereby t e oil from the casing may be drained and consequently saved.

It will thus be seen that by attaching no the novel and improved device above described to the respective sections and the v pipe coupling that when the top section 7 1s partly removed and detached from the coupling that the oil contained in tlie 'section 7 may flow into the casing. and out through the pipe 23 and thus the oil which would be otherwise lost would be salvaged.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have illustrated my invention embodie in one form by way 'of example, and which in practice has een found to be highly satisfactory in obtaining 'the desired results.

, are specified in the It will be obvious however that other embodibe resorted'to by those skilled in the art without departing from -the spirit andscope of the invention. It is furthermore understood that the invention is not necessarily limited or restricted to the precise elements shown except in so far as such limitations subject matter being claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent'of the United States is:

A. pipe or feed line attachment compris ing a sectional casing adapted fordetachable connection to a feed pipe and pipe coupling, a resilient inner lining secured to said casing and tending to maintain the sections together, complementary handles for each of a l said sections, loosely carried ferrules for clamping said complementary handles toget-her to form a non-leakable fluid container, a drain pipe and pet cock in one of said sections whereby fluid may be drained from the container when the feed pipe is dis.

connected from the pipe coupling.

a In testimony whereof I aflix my signatwo witnesses.

ture in presence of CLAUDE I WILSON. Witnesses:

LAURA HALL,

WM. K. JOHNSON. 

